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Mango Walk
Lyrics (Folk song from Jamaica) My mother deed-a tell me that you go mango walk,You go mango walk, you go mango walk.My mother deed-a tell me that you go mango walk,And eat all the number ‘leven.* *Number Eleven Mango is ...
All ‘Round the Brickyard
Lyrics (Folk song) All ‘round the brickyard,Remember me,I’m gonna step it, step it, step it*,And a-remember me. Movement Change “step it” to other motions. See also Activities: movement Harmony: chords I & IV Meter: 2 Rhythm: syncopation Scale: pentatonic Tones: ...
Big Fat Biscuit
Lyrics (Folk song) Big fat biscuit, chew-ba-loo,Just from the oven, chew-ba-loo,Jump over yonder, chew-ba-loo. Game Formation: Small group of students stand in a line. On the last word of the song or after the song ends, when everyone yells, “Jump!” ...
Let Me Fly
Lyrics (African American Spiritual) 1. Way down yonder in the middle of the field,Angel workin’ on the chariot wheel.Not so particular ‘bout workin’ at the wheel,But I just want-a see how the chariot feels. RefrainNow let me fly,Now let me ...
Johnny’s My Boy
Lyrics (Folk song from Ghana & Cameroon) Johnny’s my boy, I sent him to schoolTo learn how to spell John Bull,Johnny, Johnny, Johnny See also Countries: Ghana / Cameroon Harmony: chords I, ii, V Meter: 2 Rhythm: syncopation Scale: hexachord Tones: ...
Hey Lidee
Lyrics (American folk song) RefrainHey lidee, lidee, lidee,Hey lidee, lidee-lo.Hey lidee, lidee, lidee,Hey lidee, lidee-lo. 1. This is a silly kind of song,Hey lidee, lidee-lo.You make it up as you go along,Hey lidee, lidee-lo. Refrain 2. I have a girl, ...
All Around the Green Apple Tree
Lyrics (American folk song) All around the green apple treeWhere the grass grows so sweetMiss Margie, Miss Margie,Please turn back your backHe wrote you a letterTo turn back your back. Game Formation: Students stand in a circle holding hands.Take turns ...
Just From the Kitchen
Lyrics (Folk song) Just from the kitchen, shoo-li-loo,With a handful of biscuits, shoo-li-loo,I know you don’t like ’em, shoo-li-loo,But you can’t do without ’em, shoo-li-loo,Please Mr. Johnson, shoo-li-loo,Fly away over yonder, shoo-li-loo Circle Game Formation: Students stand or sit in ...
Caney mi macaro
Lyrics – Spanish (Folk song) Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney caney (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat)Caney caney (repeat)Caney mi macaro (repeat) Translation These words are supposedly nonsense. ...
Linstead Market
Info This song is in the Jamaican mento genre (not Calypso) (source).This is about a woman going to market trying to sell her fruit, but having no success. I omitted the verses about the woman’s children going hungry. Lyrics (Jamaican ...